Tchoiria
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Tchoiria is a genus of neochoristoderan reptile from the Early Cretaceous of Mongolia. The name Tchoiria comes from the city of Choir which is nearby to where the holotype was found. Tchoiria is thoug
Ikechosaurus, formerly T. egloni
Skull of T. namsari
Front view of T. klauseni skeleton
Life restoration of T. klauseni
Monjurosuchus
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Monjurosuchus is a genus of choristoderan reptile that lived in what is now China and Japan during the Early Cretaceous. It has large eyes, a rounded skull, robust legs with short claws, and a long, t
Tchoiria
…be placed in suborder Neochoristodera in 2007 by Ryoko Matsumoto. Matsumoto would declare the suborder monophyletic in her paper on the choristodere Monjurosuchus. Tchoiria was the first choristodere known from Asia and has been used in many morphological and environmental studies based on the order since its…
Monjurosuchus NMNS
Restoration of a Japanese specimen, which may represent a second species
Fossil of Monjurosuchus splendens in the Hong Kong Science Museum.
Juvenile specimen, Beijing Museum of Natural History